The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-09-22
Maine Matters,
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER TIE STATE.

NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE srNrE.
CAPT. BILL BUYS PINkEN AM, NAMES HER
"BIII NIF."
There Is Going to be an ea>trrly and foul
weather." said +. Ii. Arcv. aS he rolled out a
barrel Of tar and Il bundle of oakunl, the other
day. capt. Bill is at work on an old pinhcy
on the beach, back of the store, and singing in
that low. solemn bass of hiS.-a svNc furc-rull-
rrr of Storm" The Capt. was found at work
ON Il Eonde>cript craft, half muttcring and hall
whinin"
Tie morning light is hrcakin-."
."leS. have bought this craft. Shes about
20 tons, and Il little old and rusty. but | cillclI-
late can Tin her up 50 as she'll do to 90 loh>-
term" and fishing in. down the bay. I'n COIN.
10 call her "Bi Nyc.' What ais Bill Nyc:
lIow's That: You this pinkcy has cot too
much hu,a"ro>ity ahou: the head. She looks
We'll. and YOU s!lillc. but when YOU look at her
bottom and stern. YOU laugh. and can't tell. for
the life OF you. what you're laughing at. And
you feel kind of foolish and sick, because
you've seen all there is about a Iiukcl before
an;l know that the crew have rot to live on
Fish chow'ler, new,
Fish rhoWdcr, old
Fish choWaer in the pot, nine days ui
What dill find in her hold? Well. when
took off the I:iil Nyc's matches. didn't find
much till ! come to the forc-pc;h. Here
found IL lot Of ole! cultch such is Deacon parl.
ing and Deacon Bod"et H>ed to retail, sixty
years ago. around their stores. There were
,'ead-eye>. thimbicS, >iSter-hook>. spikes, OLD
junk and ralkiny mallet>. and marlin spike.
@. yes! can use them for the Bill Nyc by
securing the rust of and oing them. but
suppose folks will laugh at them, if they are
Old and venerable with hard service. But that
is where Bill Nye and | agree; Gold things
secured up are just as good ncw.D You
know he and Our George, and Mark Twain and
a whole ''a>sel' of that kind, believe in haul
ing out old things for repairs They all took
one poor. old mule and wrote his obituary. till
people left OF laughing and took to swearing
But Bill Nyc Wa>I;'t to hlame that was tnclt
Abner LanplicrS nHIr. that died some fifty OF
sixty years ago, and Ills obituary that was made
on the deacon seat in BIodYct'> store never ha
been published in the papers.
Nv hat are my repairs: We'll am going tc
set up the Bill Nyc'> heal Gear aui tar it down
scrape her bottom and paint il With ochr2 and
grease.
''Why do you call the Bill Nyc herr You
can't any more attributes of the male than
female about Bill Nye:' "Why. YOU lan,l-lub-
Der. she has an apron, stays, Il bonnet on hrl
and some have Il spanker. .,il mothers ri.hi
hand was IL powerful >parkcr. That is why
the Bill Nye is Il She"
"lil allow, squire, the Nye has peak ID
stern and no hustle, but the hustle kind isn't
~ 'nt CUNTS ". S'', "o''t>' 10Y sec
@ ieit >hg - S'.'e soit t'"Ves around III,
WY "op. ''i' nav pt't i'',tc o'h''i
with her, yol will find her worthy Of her nanl4
tight. The most of the time. Just pass Ill
that slu>h bucket, Squire. q, no. | haven't
80 " ~, H'u''ii'7 ''o" H. H''' II YOU
~ Soiil7 y tus.lil ,3"'i'IlS p'ttN>tnttn >h"p
J'n. ''M ii'',, a. '''"t .i ''''P i'r ''h ~
''Lao'' ".'' Nr''' th', a"o>,,.HSN >it tli'Ne
>o'iic @ '''', ~ 80 oo' 'h' II I'ppft Wh'h
1II.' a1lht. ai' 10 ,nk' ,if, l"o h"'4 h'-ntad>
,igi'! 'torSe ,'l'l OUT h>ii'hG
,'.Nt "'rN' ' an" Hl', hcFp 10. o' NE E"HA-'
~. 10! tH' ''il'i''t' 50 iol'- 10 YOU. lhl'k>ro'i
no" !it PLAY Ep HE SALMON
JOHN Mead, the North ibritl-ton sportslnai
and artist. tells the following fish >tor, in tile
American Angler: i few ,l;N> after the clo>t
time was OIL. q man WAS on the bank. of thu
Prc>ump>cut river, Just above G;unbD Fu'ls
where he saw Il gOod->iZttl iau,, locked salmon
in AN eddy Rear the shore. lie hail no >hin.
tackle with him, bnt Informed r:rp"ntrr wiz
worked in Il shop near by. Of what he had seen
The carprHtrr caught up Il >iiltil ',hran pole
rod which some small boy had lust left up:tr hv
with the hook still haittd with a worm Thi,
tempting lurc was quietly lrupncd in front ui
the salmon. when. to the surprise of the man
of chips. the fish na,ic Il rush for the bait ann
was securely hooked ans! commenced "A >tru..
Gle for liberty. Tie c.rprntcr WIS 10 fisher
man. that is. he was no; born such. liz, had
heard ti>-talk. an,l kltcW that his tac>, WAS
not eu.al to the "am. H.. hIl huvNc.I ID III,
fish cot a snap on the Iin". some way mu~i Is
devised to play the fish :ilI prevent ha dread
rtl strain ON the r,,l and line Little riul,. WAS
allowed for consideration: 50 when th.. fish
struck out for the .iititllt of the stream tn,
fisherman jumped III ana followed HIM. y
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'i L'.r5,.lf ,ni i,, .,,n,. h. ,1 .,, !, ,no
uhih .I ,nJ f,,, ~, 1, '''t' e. &
said that their future home would be in Cbicaro
ON the morning. Of August 80 the husband OBJ
tanned possession OF the sll0O and left The
house, o>tensibly to see Il trlend III relation tc
starting Il barber shop since that time the
wife has not seen liih.
lhe man lett her pennies IN city where
she was an absolute stranger. ii hilId-hearted
people sent her TO Boston, ahd she Is now try
lnS TO nhl some trace Vi fer husband anu hel
money.
HIS LAST STORY.
only , few bn,,r. lofor. his ,,,..tb ,,.,n,,-
meeting Johr AIlnn tnlI RI. fnl,ovno, utnr
which w,. nm;,ycd h.art;iy l,y III. h"ar'r. III
wns n, \u~,,st, onn TINA Whom +, vo,,n~ ma N
cam. I'm md al1scd tl,a Mrthn,i>fs in rnmm,
tcrms Tho flnw s,id ,ha, Ills fat hn, liant shai
ina him over hcl far tXnnty yaar. "~f' 'A'''>
S,id 1,,mnmeat;nr Inhm ..Vnl if ,v,s, =
bo h.,ln,t ,JrnnneJ [7on
At about 3 O'Clock, he signed the papers nee
es>ary 10 ihc ae'lratloh OF memorial window
10 hliilSeli III the he" Melhod'St chtrch III
farta'nstoh.
us aeath, "hieh occurred IN ihe cottage OF
q. " oftis' was 50 easy ana Su'u,eh tial most
IN the room hard'y holiced IT, iic was sitting
III an arhi-Ghalr' "hsn ne TOOK il iohS breath
as ne a,,a , !, scenieu as II ne nau Just lale
., SNAIL DC fe''s oSolo boston to-ihofroW morn
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